Concussion-related lawsuit mentions Steelers’ Harrison

Concussion-related lawsuit mentions Steelers’ Harrison
By Alan Robinson
Published: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 8:14 p.m.


A concussion-related lawsuit filed against the NFL by 73 former players, including former Raiders star Ken “The Snake” Stabler, questions why Steelers linebacker James Harrison is allowed to keep playing despite repeat offenses that endanger fellow players.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Philadelphia, is one in a series of such legal actions nationally in which more than 2,700 former players are seeking relief from what they contend is the league’s slowness in dealing with the dangers of concussions and brain trauma.

Mentioned prominently are a number of in-game incidents from 2009 on, after a Boston University study revealed that multiple former NFL players died prematurely after developing boxer-like brain damage.

The players argue in the suit that “recidivist violators” such as Harrison, a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year and one the league’s most punishing hitters, shouldn’t be allowed to keep playing. In legal terms, a recidivist is a repeat offender. The court filing mentions five illegal hits by Harrison on quarterbacks over three seasons.

Hits by Harrison resulted in multiple players sustaining concussions, including Browns quarterback Colt McCoy last season and Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010. Harrison drew a one-game suspension for the helmet-to-helmet McCoy hit and a $75,000 fine and no suspension for the Massaquoi hit.

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Ummmm, except for the fact that a couple of those "illegal hits" by Harrison were questionable calls by reactionary refs who were under orders from Herr Goodell to punish James for his outspoken attitude towards him and his unfair system of doling out justice.

I cry bullshit.

I hope before Harrison retires, he RINGS SOMEONE'S NECK and shows people what he can REALLY do. A lot of the hits Harrison's gets in trouble for are upstaged by our very own Ryan Clark on a REGULAR BASIS. The only reason he's been in as much trouble as he has is because Goodell has a big target on his back.

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I hope before Harrison retires, he RINGS SOMEONE'S NECK and shows people what he can REALLY do

Maybe if we're lucky it will the the commish himself.

Gingerchip wrote:

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I hope before Harrison retires, he RINGS SOMEONE'S NECK and shows people what he can REALLY do

Maybe if we're lucky it will the the commish himself.

Now THAT i'd be good money to see.

I guess these concussions have hendered these former player's memory....

that....


FOOTBALL
IS
A
VIOLENT
SPORT

Stabler - why don't you go back into retirement?

Back when you played, during the Raiders / Steelers dogfights of the '70s, there were frequent violent clashes - MUCH worse than the "tackles" Harrison dishes out. Jack Tatum and Jack Lambert, Ted Hendricks and Mel Blount laid out shots on recievers and QBs that would result in automatic suspensions now-a-days... and no one whined. Terry Bradshaw was pile-driven, head first, by "Turkey" Joe Jones of Cleveland... and didn't even get a penalty. If Stabler isn't senile, he remembers the violence of that era - violence that wasn't even condemned - and has the balls to complain about Harrison.

Stabler, your 15 minutes are up. No one wants to hear your condemnation of James Harrison... until you condemn the violent era you willingly participated in, during your playing days.

Now go away.

Harrison: "Who is Ken ... who?"
Interviewer: "Ken Stabler."
Harrison: "Who is that?"
Interviewer: "Former Raider quarterback."
Harrison: "Never heard of him. His opinion doesn't matter to me."

Before the question can be asked regarding whether current players care about former players, the first question is whether the current players even know who the former players are.

Earlier this week, a concussion lawsuit led by former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler pointed to the fact that the league’s Super Bowl XLVI commercial regarding decades of changes to the rules fails to mention “how recidivist violators like James Harrison (who has had five illegal hits on quarterbacks in three seasons) are allowed to continue to play the game.”

We noticed that language, appearing at paragraph 145 and page 65 of the 209-paragraph, 80-page complaint, we mentioned it, Alan Robinson of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review repeated it, and Harrison was asked about it on Thursday by Tim Benz of WXDX radio.

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thanks to YOUR thing Buddha i can't close my mouth now

fer69 wrote:

bayz101 wrote:

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thanks to YOUR thing Buddha i can't close my mouth now

You guys love it. Just admit it.

This ought to make the Raiders hate us even more. Now if they were only relevant enough for us to give a shit back in return, we could have another rivalry.

I couldn't stand that bastard Stabler back in the day........I still can't stand him today.

Bahaha........Harrison: "Ken who"?

bayz101 wrote:

Caption it.

"The Raiders? Yeah, I heard they used to be a football team or something."

"I thought Carson Palmer was the Raiders QB? He loves weiners... WARBLE GARBLE."

"Put 'em up ... Puuut 'em uuuuup."
(You gotta use your Cowardly Lion voice when reading that. )

rumor has it Stabler is broke and has a quarter of a million dollar det to the IRS.

Stabler YAWN if I played in his day I'd knock the cream out of his puff.